4 Months!

Can you believe it? It's been FOUR months already since this little monkey graced us with her presence...or maybe I mean 4 months, 2 days...she's a little demanding of my time. ;-) I'll try to remember all the things she's doing now and if I have any repeats of things I've mentioned before, sorry...I just don't have it in me to go back and read it all at the moment (fighting cold #2 in 3 weeks - ICK).

• We have started Morgan on cereal. I know I've mentioned this one. We've been making it a bit thicker each day but I think we'll stick with where we're at right now. Tonight we tried 1oz breastmilk and 1TBS cereal. It was a little thick but she still loves it.
  
• Grasp - Morgan is starting to grasp items/toys/anything she can reach with an open-handed grasp using her thumb and fingers appropriately. For a while, she would keep her thumb tucked into her palm but now she's really getting the whole grasping thing. One thing she likes to do is reach and grab for Adam's face when she's standing and looking at him. It's cute...until he yells that she's grabbing his nose. :)
• Standing - Morgan LOVES to stand. She does it whenever possible, given our assistance, of course. She's going for longer periods before her little baby legs give out (don't worry, we're careful!) but she loves it.
  
• Tummy time - She's spending more time on her tummy and seems to enjoy it sometimes. What a difference 2 months makes. :)
• Rolling over---------nope. Nothing new to report here. Sigh. I know she'll do it...but come on!
  
• Feet - She's discovered these when she's wearing her penguin robeez shoes. She also brings them high up into the air now, which results in her going to her side...and then nothing.
  
• Mouth - if it's near her mouth, it's goin' in. Beware next time you're holding her.
• Giggling - She's giggled a few times now and laughs often if something's really funny - like mom making a funny face or daddy throwing her head/body back fast and bringing her up fast to his face. LOVE this sound.
• Napping - Morgan still naps in her swing here at home and at daycare. We're not switching to her crib until she does so at Mary's. Mary is magic. We trust her and go by what she does/says almost all the time. It's not like she's not been around infants for the past 25 years or anything...
  

I can't think of much else right now that I haven't already mentioned somewhere previous. Today we went to late church and Morgan was perfect. She was actually quite hilarious as almost everything we/she did made her smile huge or even laugh a little. It always seems when we go to late church that she's due to eat somewhere in the middle of the service. Such was the case again today so we just make sure we sit as far back as we can and I nurse her in church. It's what God intended anyway, right? No worries...until today. I got her started shortly after church started and then realized that we were going to "share the peace" soon which means everyone walks around, saying hi/peace, and shaking hands. AWKWARD if I were to be there and nursing. My solution - as soon as Pastor mentioned sharing the peace I raced out the back and waited until the next song came on. Morgan could have cared less. She's used to us getting up while nursing to let the dogs in/out.

I'm getting really excited to get Morgan her Easter dress. She'll be 6 months old in April (crazy) so we're looking for that size for sure. She's also going to wear that dress to my friend, Meg's, wedding in April so we get more than one use out of it (unlike her Christmas dress/outfit). I found one today at Younkers I'm thinking might just make it home with us next Saturday when my coupons are all good. :)

Ok, off to get a few last minute things done and then bed. We're in the middle of a snowstorm (bleck) and if we have off tomorrow (which I actually highly doubt), I'm seriously considering going in to work and maybe taking a nap at home while Morgan's at Mary's. I'd be much better off if it wasn't for this stupid chest cold...

Oh! Morgan's 4 month appointment is tomorrow. I'm SO eager to see her stats. We know she's over 24" b/c we measured her one night a while ago already at 24.5". NOT looking forward to the shots part of things. Will let you know! (and finally post some pictures...)